Tillandsia 'Luke' vipp 1-2 sparsely vegetated scrub forests where

sparsely vegetated scrub forests where the sun is intense

or bearing a distinctive coating of trichomes

Formerly a Wittrockia

The rest of this may just be confusion

This form has short

Tillandsia 'Luke' vipp 1-2 sparsely vegetated scrub forests whereA cross of (ionantha red x bulbosa lg form) by Bill Timm. Kind of unique we think because usually anything crossed with ionantha ends up looking more like a big ionantha. Tillandsia Luke is an exception, with a bulbous base and upright habit, it resembles the bulbosa parent. More silvery than green it also has many more leaves than a bulbosa. When blooming the whole upper whorl of leaves and the inflorescence blushes red with blue flowers. It is a